Copy-book cover



(No Model.)

J; H.- MOSS.

COPY BOOK. COVER.

Nd; 304,845. v PatentedSept. 9, 1884;

WITNESSES: INVENTOR u. PUERSJHMMJIIwgnpher. Wuhinglou. n, c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MOSS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COPY-BOOK COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,845, dated September 9, 1884.

Application filed July 20, 1883. Renewed July 24, 1884. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. Moss, of Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Copy-Book Covers, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying'drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my copybook cover and blotter partly folded and show ing copy-book in position. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same unfolded. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of copy-book open for use, showing manner of applying blotter.

The object of the presentinvention is to provide a convenient cover and receptacle for copy-books, so arranged that the copy-book can be detached from the cover when desired to be used, a blotter being secured at one end to the cover. by means of which it is always in position and ready for use.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary copy-book. A is an envelope of a size sufficiently large to cover an ordinary copy-book. The sides B and one end, 0, of said envelope are formed and folded down in the usualmanner, as shown in the drawings. The wing D, at the opposite end of the envelope from the wing O, is rectangular in shape, of the same width as the envelope A and a little longer than the same. The outer end, E, of the wing D is folded back on itself, as shown at F, Fig. 1.

A blotter, G, a little less in size than the envelope A, is cemented or secured in any suitable manner to the folded end E of the wing D. The open end H of the envelope A allows of the entrance of the copy-book when not in use. The blotter G and wing D are folded at I, as in Fig. 1,while theenvelope A and wing D are folded at J, thus entirely folding the device and keeping the copy-book and blotter from becoming soiled, and at the same time it is in a convenient form for carrying. When it is desired to use the copy-book, the cover is unfolded and the copy-book taken out.

Fig. 3 shows the manner of folding the blot ter over on the open Copybook. As will be seen, the blotter is in a position where it is always ready for instant use without the liability of becoming lost.

What I claim as new is- 1. An envelope, the sides and one end formed provided at its outer end with a blotter curely attached thereto, the same arranged for convenient folding, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the copy-book with an envelope, the sides and one end formed and folded, as specified, the opposite end wing longer and of the same width as the envelope, provided at its outer end with a blotter securely attached thereto and arranged for convenient folding, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 23d day of June, 1883, in presence of witnesses.

JOHN H. MOSS.

Witnesses:

AARON MONEILL, O. C. ARoHEE. 

